Medium processing apparatus

Abstract

A medium processing apparatus comprising a traveling bucket having a medium receiving opening inside and a medium ejecting opening outside and movable from a medium receiving position to a medium ejecting position and reversible transfer means for permitting the traveling bucket to travel while oriented in one traveling direction or in the reverse traveling direction.

1 ) a medium processing apparatus, comprising: 
 a traveling bucket which has a medium reception opening inside, and a medium ejection opening outside, and which travels from a medium reception position to a medium ejection position; and    reversible transportation means for allowing said traveling bucket to travel in a sense in one traveling direction or in a sense in the other traveling direction in which the first-mentioned sense of said bucket is reversed.    
     
     
         2 ) A medium processing apparatus where in a medium delivered from a cartridge is guided to an identification section and identified thereby, and the medium is guided to an external medium take-out port and subjected to an ejection operation when identified to be capable of being issued, comprising: 
 a traveling bucket which has a medium reception opening inside, and a medium ejection opening outside, and which travels from a medium reception position to a medium ejection position;    traveling rails which allow said traveling bucket to reversibly travel in one direction of receiving media or in the other direction of ejecting media, and which allow said traveling bucket to travel in a sense in one traveling direction or in a sense in the other traveling direction where the first-mentioned sense of said bucket is reversed;    a first medium take-out port to which the medium ejection opening of said traveling bucket corresponds in said one traveling direction of said bucket that travels on said traveling rails; and    a second medium take-out port to which said medium ejection opening of said traveling bucket corresponds in said other traveling direction of said bucket that travels on said traveling rails.    
     
     
         3 ) A medium processing apparatus as defined in  claim 1  or  2 , comprising recovery means for directly recovering any medium into a recovery box, when the medium delivered from a cartridge is guided to an identification section and identified to be incapable of being issued.  
     
     
         4 ) A medium processing apparatus as defined in any of claims  1 - 3 , wherein directions of taking out cartridges and the recovery box which are attached so as to be taken out of said apparatus are set to be one direction of said apparatus.  
     
     
         5 ) A medium processing apparatus as defined in any of claims  1 - 4 , wherein the recovery box includes a movable partition plate which defines an inner space of said recovery box into one portion and the other portion so as to separately recover media.  
     
     
         6 ) A medium processing apparatus wherein a medium delivered from a cartridge is guided to an identification section and identified thereby, and the medium is guided to an external medium take-out port and subjected to an ejection operation when identified to be capable of being issued, comprising: 
 an upper unit which has a medium reception port inside, the port receiving the medium identified by the identification section, and a medium ejection port outside; and    movement permitting means for locating the medium ejection port of said upper unit onto a front side or a rear side of said apparatus.